Standing For God’s Truth

Standing for God’s Truth

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

Psalm 119:1-4 says, “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently”.

To compromise is to make concessions or accommodations for someone who does not agree with a certain set of standards or rules. What makes compromise so dangerous is the subtle way it attacks us. Compromise, by definition, doesn’t involve a wholesale submission to worldly ways or ideals; rather, it accommodates them. Most of us would buck against the thought of tossing Jesus aside and embracing an idol, but compromise never asks us to do that. Compromise says that we can have the idol and keep Jesus, too, what’s the harm, since we still have Jesus?

We need to stand for God’s Truth and not compromise.

PRAYER:-

OPENING: - G.K. Chesterton, 1874 – 1936, was an English writer and Christian Apologist said, “The coming peril facing civilization was standardization by a low standard”. How truly profound that statement is today.

We live in world of compromise where people are letting go of standards, values, and morals to have recognition, position, titles, clout, and prestige. Society has pushed for the lowering of standards with the so-called premise of improving equality, acceptance, and accessibility.

The lowering of standards, morals, and values is simply ludicrous and does nothing but promote failure while insulting every race, gender, religion, and totally disrespecting God. The lowering of standards for so-called equality because of the color of your skin, your gender, or your religion determines if you are capable of something or not rather than your skills, education, or the content of your character.

The lowering of standards says that we are not capable of achieving this or accomplishing that because the bar is set to high; therefore, to accomplish it standards are lowed. The question becomes if standards are lowered are we achieving anything or is it just a means to satisfy the result.

I am not up on my political astuteness as maybe I should be, but the other week I watched as the vote for the speaker of the house played out over and over and over again. I listened as one news analyst said McCarthy is selling pieces of himself, he must compromise on certain things and give up certain things to get the votes needed to become speaker of the house. Sure, he got what he wanted but at what price.

When it comes to standing for God’s truth there can be no compromise, no lowering of standards.

SCRIPTURES: - 2 Corinthians 13:8 “For we cannot oppose the truth, but must always stand for the truth - NLT”.

Jude 3 “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints”.

John 18:37-38 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

John 16:13 “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come”.

Let me say it is in our duty to stand up for the Truth! We must put up a real fight for the faith which was once for all committed to those who belong to Christ. We need to be fighting against the evil that is attacking the truth of God and stand strong. We cannot compromise our standards, we can afford to appease the world, we can’t follow the ways of the world and expect to be the church of God, we must hold up the standard of Holiness and Truth.

Pilate said, “What is Truth”. Jesus said in John 17:17 says “thy word is truth”.

This is what we are to defend the whole body of revealed Truth which is contained in the Word of God. We must stand and hold up the Word of God, the whole Bible, not just certain parts of it. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works”.